back-breaking
Extremely hard labor
Back-breaking describes work so physically demanding it could break your back—exhausting labor that leaves the body sore and depleted: back-breaking work in the fields, the back-breaking task of moving all that furniture.
The term emphasizes grueling effort, often manual labor performed over long hours.
Extremely tiring and demanding
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- toilsomeRequiring strenuous effort
arduous · punishing · crushing · heavy · manual · physical · spine · lifting
Requiring great effort
- onerousInvolving excessive difficulty
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
- demandingRequiring great effort
- challengingHard to accomplish
difficult · tough · hard · rigorous · severe · formidable · daunting · uphill
Causing fatigue
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
- enervatingCausing loss of vigor
sapping · draining · wearisome · exhaustive · relentless · unrelenting · unforgiving · merciless
Overwhelming in intensity
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
- unmanageableImpossible to control
impossible · monumental · staggering · immense · massive · endless · thankless · soul-crushing
grueling
Extremely tiring and demanding
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
toilsome · arduous · punishing · crushing · heavy · manual · physical · spine · lifting · hauling
taxing
Requiring great effort
- onerousInvolving excessive difficulty
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
- demandingRequiring great effort
challenging · difficult · tough · hard · rigorous · severe · formidable · daunting · uphill · labor-intensive
tiring
Causing fatigue
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
enervating · sapping · draining · wearisome · exhaustive · relentless · unrelenting · unforgiving · merciless · brutal
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
unmanageable · impossible · monumental · staggering · immense · massive · endless · thankless · soul-crushing · dispiriting
- Hyperbolea zillion, bazillion, gazillion, bajillion, zillion
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
back-breakingeffortless
Requiring no strain
easy · light · undemanding · cushy · soft
back-breakingeffortless
Requiring no strain
easy · painless · breezy · light work · child's play
break, broken, breaking, backbone, breaker, backs, backfire, backache, backbend